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How to be an authentic and successful leader at Freightliner
Louise Ward has found owning her identity in the workplace is the secret to getting ahead. She shares how she’s maintained her sense of self in a male-dominated industry.
5 ways Okta supports women in STEMM
For women in STEMM, choosing the right organization to support your career is a critical decision! Here’s how Okta, Inc. is supporting women in STEMM.
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Why We Don’t Need A ‘Wife’
Adele Blair, Founder and Managing Director of The Concierge Collective contributes a guest post based on her extensive experience providing concierge services to time poor executives. Her commentary is enlightening around our collective unconscious bias around...
Prof. Sally Dunwoodie – Vitamin B3 Can Help Prevent Miscarriage and Birth Defects
Professor Sally Dunwoodie at Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute is the scientist behind a recent world-first breakthrough in pregnancy research, labeled one of the most significant discoveries in this field. Her team's findings identified vitamin B3 (Niacin) to...
6 Ways to Encourage Your Children to Study
Instilling a study habit among your kids could prove to be a challenge, especially with all the distractions that high-tech gadgets can offer them nowadays. Instead of opening books, they’d rather turn on the television or log into YouTube or play games from your...
Female Leader, Elizabeth Proust, Chair, Australian Institute of Company Directors
Elizabeth Proust AO is one of the most respected business and thought leaders in Australia. She has contributed a 30+ year career to a range of public sector, listed company senior leadership and Board Director roles. Currently, she is Chairwoman of the Australian...
Part-time? No, that won’t work
I had a phone call from a recruiter a few weeks ago seeking an update on whether I was in the market looking for a new role. She took a little time to understand more about my skills and spoke openly about some exciting roles she had available. When I told her that I...
DCC Jobs honoured to be recognised twice in the 2017 Tech Diversity Awards
*DCC Jobs* named winners in the 2017 Tech Diversity Awards for Media & Advertising and the Victorian Innovation Minister’s Diversity Award Last night, over 400 people from the digital technology industry in Victoria came together for the #TechDiversity Awards Gala...
Scientist Spotlight – Professor Kathy Andrews
Professor Kathy Andrews was the first person I had the pleasure of photographing during the Griffith Uni photo shoot. I was a little nervous since there wasn’t a lot of direction about what was required, except for the new Griffith tagline #beremarkable Kathy lives up...
Arcadis achieves the Flex Able Certification
Requests from employees, and a desire from their CEO Greg Steele led Arcadis to transition to a truly flexible working company, who have now achieved the Flex Able Certification from DCC Jobs. HR leaders in the business discovered that working flexibly was being...
Diverse City Careers rebrands to DCC Jobs
*Diverse City Careers (DCC)* was born in 2015, with the goal to empower women and fast-track gender equality. Two years later, we are excited to announce a brand re-fresh which involves the company name, logo and tagline. We are taking the opportunity to evolve our...